Rib bon-roll



(No Model.)

J. MELLETTB.

i RIBBON ROLL.

Patented Aug. '7, 1883.

UNITED STATns- JOHN MELLETTE, or WiNAMAc, INDIANA.:

Rl BBON-ROLL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,744, dated August'7, 1883,

Application filed June 6,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MnLLErrn, of Winamac, Pulaski county, and Stateoflndiana, have invented a new and Improved Ribbon-Boll, of which thefollowing isa full, clear, and exact description.

rlhe object of my invention is to provide a new and improved roll forribbons, tape, Snc., which is cheap, light, and strong.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the gures.

Figure lis a perspective `view of my improved ribbon-roll. Fig. 2 is aplan view of one of the blanks of which the roll is made.

A strip, A, of veneer, or any other strip ofv very thin wood, is punchedout of a sheet integral with two circular pieces, B, united with theopposite longitudinal edges of the strip A, at about the middle of thesame. The strip A is provided in its longitudinal edges with a series ofedge recesses, a., and the circular pieces B are provided on the edgeswith tenons, tongues, or projections, b, iittin gin the notches a in theedges of the strip A. The circular pieces B are bent up at right anglesto the strip A, and the two ends of the strip A are passed around theedges of the parts B, the

projections b passing into the edge recesses a, and the strip A is gluedto the edges of the parts b. v ,f

li" desired, the parts B can be out out independently of the strip A,which is then glued to the edges of the said pieces.

If desired, the edges of the pieces B can be bent over inwardly, and thestrip A is then glued to the said inwardly-bent parts.

- described.

Ribbon-rolls made of veneer or other very lthin sheets or plates of woodare very light, 4o

strong, and durable and have a very good appearance. They have the sameappearance as solid wooden rolls, but are lighter and cheaper, andarestronger than the hollow-pasteboard rolls used heretofore and made ofhard-wood 4 5 veneers, and have a better appearance than the pasteboardor the wooden rolls.

The projections b strengthen the roll and hold the parts together veryeffectually.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A wood veneer ribbon-roll having its cylindricalbody and ends made of a single blank, as shown and described.

2. A wood-veneer blank from which to forni a ribbon-roll, consisting ofthe rectangular strip A, notched at c, and having on each side of itsmiddle a circular disk, B, with peripheral projections b, said disksbeing integral with said strip, as shown `and described.

3. A process oi' making ribbon-rolls from veneer, which consists in rstforming-a rectangular strip with edge recesses upon its oppositelongitudinal edges, and two disks provided with correspondingprojections on their 6 5 peripheries; secondly, folding the ,longitudifnal edges ofthe strip about the disks, fitting the projections into saidedge recesses; and, lastly, gluing together the strip and disks at thejunction of the notches and projections, as 7o JOHN MELLETTE.

W'itnesses:

WV. H. BQNsLoG, JNO. T. HoLsrNcnn.

